Gavin Quinney

Views from a Bordeaux vineyard. Wine @ChateauBauduc direct in UK, inc Rick Stein & Ramsay. Vintage reports on Jancis R, Livex, GQ👇. Also on🦋

[Gavin Quinney @GavinQuinney]

@wblakegray Yes I do but let’s leave it there - I’m off to bed as it’s late.

Bon courage.

[Gavin Quinney @GavinQuinney]

“Unfortunately, when Bordeaux vignerons are able to return home, even if their vineyards are not among the 100,000 acres burned so far in the larger Gironde region, they are going to face what may be a lost vintage.”

Which Bdx vignerons are away from home right now @wblakegray?

[W. Blake Gray @wblakegray]

Bordeaux and Spain AND Oregon AND British Columbia are on fire. Climate change is hitting hard this summer.

The human cost is staggering, but eventually vignerons will return home and try to get back to work. What's going to happen to the 2026 vintage?
https://t.co/tczHiukV8j

[Gavin Quinney @GavinQuinney]

@wblakegray Thanks. But if your piece was written to annoy people in Bordeaux it certainly hits the spot. The fires are still ablaze and yet this:

“This is going to be Bordeaux's "fire vintage" and even wineries that are completely unaffected will have an uphill battle selling their wines.”

[Gavin Quinney @GavinQuinney]

@wblakegray Créon, 15 miles south east of Bordeaux, 22 miles to nearest fire. No smoke since Sunday night though that can change. And even then it wasn’t bad.

My point being that there are no growers at all who are prevented from being at their vineyards due to the fires west of Bordeaux.

[Gavin Quinney @GavinQuinney]

@wblakegray I meant, why are Bordeaux producers unable to return home? None of the vineyards are in the area of the fires.

[Gavin Quinney @GavinQuinney]

@PGDynes @DeborahMeaden The image was enhanced by Ai. Here are the ‘before’ and ‘after’ Ai:

[Gavin Quinney @GavinQuinney]

@PGDynes @DeborahMeaden From these posts here:

[Olivier Raevel @ORaevel]

French wildfires above the Gironde basin near Bordeaux this morning taken from an airplane. Facing west and the the Atlantic Ocean.

The very first French pyrocumulus can be seen rising, generating its own inferno weather circulation. 😫😡😥

Genuine pic taken from a civilian jet at FL320. 😱😱

#oott #oil #IranWar #wildfire #AirplanesLive

[Gavin Quinney @GavinQuinney]

@PGDynes @DeborahMeaden The image was enhanced by Ai. Here are the ‘before’ and ‘after’ Ai:

[Gavin Quinney @GavinQuinney]

@FBAwayDays No. It’s bad enough people arriving late to their seats or leaving early so we all have to stand. Imagine all that when they have pints in their hands.
Don’t think I’ve ever missed having a pint or plastic cup of wine at my seat (season ticket at Chelsea) - and I run a vineyard.

[Thierry Le Chat @thierrychanu]

Très bonne journée avec @StationSimone !

Il y a 55 ans, le 25 juillet 1971, T.Rex devenait numéro 1 au Royaume Uni avec "Get It On"

(At TOTP, with Elton John, décembre 1971)

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Musk did an interview with the editor of the Economist, a posh white woman, centrist, daughter of an army officer.
It went badly for Musk.

So now she’s a ‘traitor to the West.’

Totally normal response from a normal guy.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

I thought this was a fake quote but, nope, he actually said it.

This is the most embarrassing person to ever lead any country anywhere in the world in our lifetimes.

[🇫🇷 fred le gaulois 🇫🇷 Uniondesdroites 🐱🐱 @FredGaulois]

Des habitants du Cap Ferret ont refusé d'évacuer et ont préféré rester pour faire un coupe-feu sur 800 mètres de long et le plus large possible pour protéger leur commune en utilisant d'importants engins de chantier. À la manœuvre un chef d'entreprise, une personnalité locale et président de l'asso de défense de la pointe du Cap Ferret.
Un des habitants, très en colère contre les autorités qui n'ont pas anticipé : "On n'a pas ce qu'il faut clairement, c'est pour cela qu'on est obligés de faire le boulot à un moment donné. Nous, on n'a pas envie de brûler, on ne va pas attendre qu'ils nous donnent les autorisations, on fait le boulot."

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

La situation reste sous très forte tension face aux incendies qui frappent le pays, en particulier en Gironde.

Mes pensées vont à nos sapeurs-pompiers et aux forces de secours qui luttent sans relâche sur le front des flammes. Leur courage force le respect.

La France a demandé l’activation du mécanisme de protection civile de l’Union européenne.

Nous allons pouvoir compter rapidement sur le renfort de deux Canadair croates, de deux Air Tractor portugais ainsi que de deux hélicoptères lourds Black Hawk tchèque et slovaque.

Cette solidarité concrète, rapide et opérationnelle est une force précieuse dans l’épreuve.

Merci à nos partenaires européens pour leur solidarité.

J’appelle nos compatriotes à la plus grande vigilance. Chaque geste compte pour protéger nos vies, nos maisons, nos forêts, nos paysages.

[Michael Spicer @MrMichaelSpicer]

More than 750,000 children in the US are currently facing deportation. 425,000 of them do not have legal representation.

[Ian Leslie @mrianleslie]

Giles Coren on the 'bronze final'

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

Finding this quite hard to stomach from a country that is bombing the shit out of other countries…

[England Extra @EnglandExtra]

The whole world saying goodbye to Argentina after their final defeat

[Gavin Quinney @GavinQuinney]

Hilarious

[Lea @Lea_EFC]

Happy 50-day anniversary to all those that celebrate 🥳

50 Days of Celebrations 🥳
50 Days of Arsenal fans Tears 😢
50 Days of Banter 🤩

What a time to be alive 🥳🥳🥳